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. 2018 Jul 16;8(7):e020180. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020180

Table 2.

Social network characteristics of the respondents

Mean SD
Respondents in each component, %
 Large connected group 54.6
 Smaller groups 12.7
 Isolated with no referrals in any direction 32.4
No of friends, %
 0 32.4
 1 26.3
 2 17.1
 3 11.0
 4 6.4
 5 3.9
 6 or more 2.8
Average no of friendship ties 1.6 1.6
Average Centrality Scores
 Closeness centrality 0.034 0.031
 Betweenness centrality 0.00000662 0.000024
 Eigenvector centrality 0.004 0.034

Based on 824 respondents. Each respondent reports the friendship ties within the community. The large connected group includes the biggest component where all subjects are connected with intermediate ties. Centrality measures are estimated using Pajek.